School-desk



(No Model) A. G. BROOK. SCHOOL DESK.

No. 579,255. Patented Mar. 23, 1897.

ciu i nurse ALICE G. BROOK, OF FRANKFORT, NEIV YORK.

SCHOOL-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 579,255, dated March 23, 1897. Application filed July 29, 1896. Serial No. 600,927. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALICE G. BROOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in School-Desks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in school-desks, and more particularly to that class in which a receptacle for penholders, pencils, rulers, and the like is formed integral with the desk.

The object of the invention is to provide a school-desk with a simple, cheap, and convenient receptacle for articles of this. kind; and to this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same figures of reference indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure l is a top plan view of a schooldesk embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same on the dotted line a a. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the dotted line b b, and Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing the manner of removing an article from the receptacle by means of the pivoted cover.

1 represents the top of the desk, which is formed with a longitudinal rectangular slot 2, extending vertically through said top 1.

3 is a cover provided at its ends with trunnions 4 4, by means of which it is pivoted damper-fashion in the slot 2, so that one of its flat parallel sides will be flush with the plane of the top 1 of the desk.

5 is a longitudinal semicircular receptacle secured to the under side of the top 1, forming a recessed bottom for the slot 2, and it is formed with closed ends 6.

It will be seen that by tilting the pivoted cover 3 vertically on its trunnions 4 4 convenient access may be had to the receptacle 5 for depositing or removing the usual arti cles contained in cases.

In practice I prefer to make the interior of the semicircular receptacle on a curve corresponding to the radius of the cover from its trunnions to the longitudinal parallel edges 7 '7, so that in turning the cover vertically an article may be deposited in the receptacle; but if the cover be turned completely over, the upper half of the cover being used as a handle, the lower half will sweep down around in the receptacle and raise its contents to the top of the desk, so that the particular article wanted may be instantly selected and the others deposited again in the box. The pivoted cover 3 being flush with the top of the desk, offers no obstruction when the desk is in use for writing, drawing, and the like.

The device is very simple, convenient, and practical, and adds but a trifle to the cost of the manufacture of school-desks. The device may likewise be applied to countinghouse and office desks, type-writer cabinets, and the like with equal facility.

. Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A desk-top formed with the slot 2, the cover 3 pivoted in said slot, in combination with the semicircular receptacle 5, the curve of which corresponds to the radius of the sweep of the pivoted cover, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALICE G. BROOK.

Witnesses:

JOHN N. DUnLEsToN, WILLIs L. WEEDEN. 

